Bructeri

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The Bructeri were an ancient Germanic tribe that lived in what is now northwestern Germany during the Roman era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Germanic tribe
archaeologicalCultureAssociatedWith Roman Iron Age in northern Germany
conflictWith Chatti NERFINISHED
Romans NERFINISHED
culture Germanic Iron Age culture
defeatedBy Roman forces under Germanicus
describedAs hostile to Rome
warlike
describedInWork Tacitus' Germania NERFINISHED
economyBasedOn agriculture
animal husbandry
ethnicGroup Germanic peoples
ethnogenesisRegion Lower Rhine region NERFINISHED
event expulsion from their lands by neighboring tribes in late 1st century AD
languageFamily Germanic languages NERFINISHED
livedDuring Roman era
livedIn northwestern Germany NERFINISHED
locatedBetween Lippe River NERFINISHED
Rhine River NERFINISHED
locatedIn Germania NERFINISHED
locatedNear Ems River NERFINISHED
mentionedBy Cassius Dio NERFINISHED
Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED
Tacitus NERFINISHED
militaryActivity raids across the Rhine
modernTerritoryOverlap Lower Saxony NERFINISHED
North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED
neighboringTribe Chatti NERFINISHED
Cherusci NERFINISHED
Sugambri NERFINISHED
Tencteri NERFINISHED
opposed Roman Empire NERFINISHED
participatedIn Battle of Teutoburg Forest NERFINISHED
partlyAbsorbedInto Frankish confederation NERFINISHED
partOf tribal confederations in Germania
politicalStructure chiefdoms
region Germania Inferior NERFINISHED
Germania Magna NERFINISHED
religion Germanic paganism
romanMilitaryCampaignTarget campaigns of Germanicus
romanProvinceBorder Germania Inferior NERFINISHED
romanTermForRegion Germania Libera NERFINISHED
societyType tribal society
someMembersLaterKnownAs Chamavi NERFINISHED
Franks NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Istvaeones NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1st century AD
2nd century AD

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